Class 3 GK Worksheet: Musical Instruments
Remember (Pluck, blow or hit?): String: sitar, veena, guitar, violin, sarangi, sarod, ektara, harp. Wind: flute (bansuri), shehnai, trumpet, conch, nadaswaram, saxophone. Percussion: tabla, dholak, mridangam, ghatam, drum, manjira, damru. Numbers: violin 4 strings, guitar 6, ektara 1; the sargam has 7 notes. Sound is made when something vibrates.
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- 1.🪕 How many strings does an ektara have?
- 2.🎺 How do we play a wind instrument? (a) by shaking it (b) by plucking strings (c) by blowing air into it (d) by hitting it
- 3.🎵 Is the veena a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) string (b) percussion (c) wind
- 4.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) guitar (b) manjira (c) bansuri (d) clarinet
- 5.🎵 Is the ektara a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
- 6.🎻 How many strings does a violin have?
- 7.True or false: the veena is a wind instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🎻 What do we use to play a violin? (a) a bow (b) a spoon (c) a straw (d) a drumstick
- 9.🎵 Is the guitar a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) string (c) percussion
- 10.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) ektara (b) harp (c) damru (d) guitar
- 11.🎵 How many notes are there in the sargam (sa re ga ma pa dha ni)?
- 12.🎵 Is the bansuri a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) string (c) wind
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) flute (b) manjira (c) shehnai (d) bansuri
- 14.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) sarod (b) mridangam (c) shehnai (d) manjira
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shehnai (b) ghatam (c) tabla (d) manjira
- 16.🥁 How do we play a tabla? (a) by blowing into it (b) by tapping with hands (c) by plucking strings (d) by bowing strings
- 17.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) ghatam (b) nadaswaram (c) veena (d) sarangi
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sitar (b) conch (c) clarinet (d) bansuri
- 19.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) shehnai (b) drum (c) sitar (d) clarinet
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) conch (c) bansuri (d) veena
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saxophone (b) sarod (c) guitar (d) sitar
- 22.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) veena (c) saxophone (d) drum
- 23.🥁 How many drums make up one tabla set?
- 24.🔊 Sound is made when something ___. (a) melts (b) freezes (c) dissolves (d) vibrates
- 25.🎸 How many strings does an ordinary guitar have?
- 26.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) tambourine (b) harp (c) flute (d) drum
- 27.Which of these is a string instrument? (a) trumpet (b) bansuri (c) sitar (d) mridangam
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dholak (b) bansuri (c) trumpet (d) shehnai
- 29.True or false: the dholak is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🎵 Is the saxophone a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) wind (b) percussion (c) string
- 31.🎵 Is the tambourine a string, wind or percussion instrument? (a) percussion (b) wind (c) string
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dholak (b) manjira (c) nadaswaram (d) damru
- 33.True or false: the mridangam is a percussion instrument. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: the sarod is a string instrument. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) veena (b) guitar (c) trumpet (d) drum
- 36.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) dholak (b) tambourine (c) flute (d) sarangi
- 37.Which of these is a percussion instrument? (a) clarinet (b) ektara (c) guitar (d) tabla
- 38.Which of these is a wind instrument? (a) guitar (b) damru (c) tambourine (d) conch
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ektara (b) violin (c) clarinet (d) harp
- 40.True or false: the clarinet is a wind instrument. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- 1
- by blowing air into it
- string
- manjira
- string
- 4
- False
- a bow
- string
- damru
- 7
- wind
- manjira
- sarod
- shehnai
- by tapping with hands
- nadaswaram
- sitar
- drum
- veena
- saxophone
- veena
- 2
- vibrates
- 6
- harp
- sitar
- dholak
- True
- wind
- percussion
- nadaswaram
- True
- True
- trumpet
- flute
- tabla
- conch
- clarinet
- True
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